Kafir
noun
a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
Kafirs
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pluralof Kafir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They lived hundreds of miles from the nearest British outpost, and their wars with the Kafirs scarcely affected those tribes with whom the British authorities came in contact.
From Impressions of South Africa by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
The Birkenhead, a large iron steamer, was engaged in the transport of troops to the frontier, where war with the Kafirs raged at the time.
From Six Months at the Cape by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Now, one great secret of Sir Harry Smith’s rule is, that the Kafirs know he will execute what he threatens.
From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Harriet Ward
So he restrains his anxiety to peep forth, and, as he lies perdu, even chuckles over the supernatural theories set forth by the Kafirs to account for his disappearance.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Cool and self-possessed to a man, Brathwaite’s Horse are but waiting their opportunity, and ere long they begin to catch glimpses of the Kafirs, dodging in and out among the trees.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
